My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. John 17:15-16
Citizens of the New Kingdom have confidence in the love of King Jesus. His last thoughts were on his followers as he prepared for his painful, torturous death. Our King knew that his citizens have to live in this world and he knew that the world would not treat us kindly. His prayer was for us, his citizens, for our protection from the evil one.
King Jesus affirmed that when we become citizens of the New Kingdom - we are called out of this world. We now have a spiritual DNA that makes us desire the things of God and not the things of this world and as we continue to follow our King we become more and more like him. We are not of this world even as he was not of this world.
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